Psalms 65:6

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
strength	בְּכֹח֑וֹ be.kho.Cho	H3581	vigor · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
fast	מֵכִ֣ין me.Khin	H3559	properly · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
mountains	הָרִ֣ים ha.Rim	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · noun, common masculine plural absolute
girded	נֶ֝אְזָ֗ר ne'.Zar	H247	to belt · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
power	בִּגְבוּרָֽה big.vu.Rah	H1369	force (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stabli…
Habakkuk 3:6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hill…
Psalms 119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Micah 6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and h…
1 Samuel 2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Psalms 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Ra…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 65:6–end

That we may be the more affected with the wonderful condescensions of the God of grace, it is of use to observe his power and sovereignty as the God of nature, the riches and bounty of his providential kingdom. I. He establishes the earth and it abides, Psa 119:90. By his own strength he setteth fast the mountains (Psa 65:6), did set them fast at first and still keeps them firm, though they are sometimes shaken by earthquakes. - Feriuntque summos. Fulmina montes. The lightning blasts and loftiest hills. Hence they are called everlasting mountains, Hab 3:6. yet God's covenant with his people is said to stand more firmly than they, Isa 54:10. II. He stills the sea, and it is quiet, Psa 65:7. T…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 65:6

God's great power and goodness are the grounds of this confidence. These are illustrated in His control of the mightiest agencies of nature and nations affecting men with awe and dread (Psa 26:7; Psa 98:1, &c.), and in His fertilizing showers, causing the earth to produce abundantly for man and beast.

John Gill on Psalms 65:6

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains,.... In the first creation and formation of them, when they were settled on their basis so firmly that they are rarely removed, and when they are it is something extraordinary. Some understand this of the Lord's preparing the mountains with the rain of his strength, for the bringing forth of herbs and grass for the service of man and beast, and of his adorning them with trees; and the Targum is, "who preparest food for the wild goats of the mountains;'' others interpret them of kingdoms and communities, comparable to mountains, Jeremiah 51:25; but these are not set fast, they are not firm and stable, but in a course of time are removed, and…

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John Calvin on Psalms 65:4-8

Psalm 65:4-8 4. Blessed is the man whom thou hast chosen, and hast brought near thee; we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of the sanctuary of thy palace. 5. Terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer to us, O God of our salvation! the hope of all the ends of the earth, and the far of places of the sea. [448] 6. By his strength setting fast the mountains, being girded with power. [449] 7. Stilling the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the nations. 8. They also that dwell in the ends of the earth shall fear at thy signs; thou shalt make the outgoings of the evening and morning to rejoice. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou hast chosen H…

The Church Fathers

"Preparing mountains in His strength" [Psalm 65:6]. Not in their strength. For He has prepared great preachers, and those same He has called mountains; humble in themselves, exalted in Him. "Preparing mountains in His strength." What says one of those same mountains? "We ourselves in our own selves have had the answer of death, in order that in ourselves we should not trust, but in God that raises the dead." [2 Corinthians 1:9] He that in himself does trust, and in Christ trusts not, is not of those mountains which He has prepared in His strength. "Preparing mountains in His strength: girded about in power." "Power," I understand: "girded about," is what? They that put Christ in the midst, "girded about" they make Him, that is on all sides begirt. We all have Him in common, therefore in the midst He is: all we gird Him about that believe in Him: and because our faith is not of our strength, but of His power; therefore girded about He is in His power; not in our own strength.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 65

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Dictionary and topics

Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Mountains · God: Set fast — God: Set fast
Power Of God, The · Exhibited in: Establishing and governing all things — Exhibited in: Establishing and governing all things

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 65:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 65:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 65:6

John Gill on Psalms 65:6

John Calvin on Psalms 65:4-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 65:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 65:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 65:6

John Gill on Psalms 65:6

John Calvin on Psalms 65:4-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 65:5-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 65:6-7

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 65:6